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Knot Chess. Board in shape of geometric knot.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Tony Paletta wrote on Thu, May 8, 2003 02:12 PM UTC:

Maybe I'm missing something: in what meaningful sense is Knot Chess not chess?

Tony Quintanilla wrote on Thu, May 8, 2003 05:15 PM UTC:

Well, it seems that the only difference is that the board is essentially a cylinder where the 1st and 8th ranks are connected, since there is no rule that pieces must stop upon reaching the 8th rank or the 1st on the 'knot'. The knot itself does not seem to play a role in the game.

Anonymous wrote on Thu, May 8, 2003 07:18 PM UTC:

But with this interpretation, both sides are in checkmate in the opening setup!

Doug Chatham wrote on Thu, May 8, 2003 10:39 PM UTC:

Well, then, if both sides are in checkmate they have a equal chance of winning ;-)

Tony Quintanilla wrote on Fri, May 9, 2003 03:34 AM UTC:

Ok. If it is a cylinder, then 'anonymous' is correct and the game cannot start because the checkmate condition is met from the start. If the board is not a cylinder, then Tony Paletta is right and there is no difference between this game and ortho-Chess, except the 'appearance', but not the geometry, of the board. Perhaps the point is just to have an interesting looking board to play on. Such a large change in the appearance of the board can alter one's conceptualization of the moves and one's thinking about tactics, strategy, etc. That is in itself an interesting variant concept. Any other interpretations?

Tony Paletta wrote on Fri, May 9, 2003 12:26 PM UTC:

TQ,
I was with you almost to the end of the last sentence. 
Novelty would be fine. 'Variant concept'? - No! I'm too lazy to learn a
new word for CVs that AREN'T other CVs in disguise.

xxx wrote on Mon, Aug 14, 2006 01:33 PM UTC:

I don't think appearance is important!
I think the following Mobius Chess is reasonable:
. . . . . . . .1
. . . . . . . .2
p p p p p p p p3
r n b q k b n r4
p p p p p p p p5
. . . . . . . .6
. . . . . . . .7
. . . . . . . .1\
. . . . . . . .2|
P P P P P P P P3|
R N B Q K B N R4>back
P P P P P P P P5|
. . . . . . . .6|
. . . . . . . .7/
a b c d e f g h
The board is double-sided so some special rule can be made.
PS:I'm a Chinese and my English is poor.